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CVE-2021-44647

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-843
5.5CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

Lua v5.4.3 and above are affected by SEGV by type confusion in funcnamefromcode function in ldebug.c which can cause a local denial of service.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Lua

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00204.html ↗